The population in 1940 is 892.

EIGHTY-SEVEN MEN AND EIGHT WOMEN SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. [started in 1941]

Small farms with only a few cows supplying milk and butter locally grow much larger when regional dairies begin making daily milk pickups.

The poultry industry begins recruiting farmers in this area, first for eggs, later for meat. Huge poultry barns are built throughout Lincolnville.

1947: The Lincolnville Volunteer Fire Department is organized.

1947: The remaining five one-room school houses – Center, Wiley, Youngtown, Beach and Miller – are consolidated into one four room building call the Lincolnville Central School, with two grades – 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 – in each room.

1947: Lincolnville’s last salmon fisherman, Robie Ames, retires after catching only 4 salmon this season.

1947: The Town House, which had fallen into disuse and disrepair, is torn down

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